[Qgis-developer] Low Hanging Fruit - QGIS 0.9.1 Bug Triage

[Tim Sutton]

Hi John

I'm guessing that this would require some considerable changes (its
more of a feature request than a bug fix really and would need changes
to the UI etc). It may be something better first implemented in in
Marcos advanced editing branch. I think the second half of your
request should be quite straightforward (exporting selected features
to a new layer). We could just extend the functionality of the 'save
as shapefile' context menu for a vector layer. The first part where
you want the same but with features in different layers would be a bit
more tricky to implement as a quick bug fix since it would need some
kind of dialog asking the user how to resolve situations where layers
have different geometry types etc.

My suggestion is to split the bug into two bugs, and I can try to do
the export selected features part for you during the triage
process...if that is helpful to you...


Dont worry about not being a programmer you already make a
contribution by just being involved and filing bugs etc.

Regards

Tim

2007/11/5, John C. Tull <john.tull at wildnevada.org>:
> A real show-stopper in editing for me has been this bug I submitted 2
> weeks ago: not being able to combine polygons from separate vector
> layers or multiple polygons from a single layer into a new layer.
> Perhaps a mac programmer can look into this (I wish I could help, but
> not a coder)?
>
> https://svn.qgis.org/trac/ticket/784
>
> Cheers,
> John
>
> On Nov 4, 2007, at 6:03 PM, Tim Sutton wrote:
>
> > Hi All
> >
> > Since we have to wait a month or so before we can get QGIS 0.9.1 out,
> > I would like to propose  a bug triage month. I created a page on the
> > trac wiki that explains a little more:
> >
> > https://svn.qgis.org/trac/wiki/BugTriage0.9.1
> >
> > Basically for those interested to contribute, I am suggesting to try
> > to find 5 bugs in the bug queue that you think you can squash during
> > the month of November. Add your name and the bug id's that you will be
> > squashing to the above page, and lets work towards getting QGIS bug
> > free! There are no bug bounties, free t-shirts etc at stake, just the
> > opportunity to feel warm & fuzzy knowing you made QGIS a little bit
> > better!
> >
> > Also I really encourage you to pick the easy ones / low hanging fruit
> > so that we can get the obvious stuff out the way and focus on the real
> > issues.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
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Tim Sutton
QGIS Project Steering Committee Member - Release  Manager
Visit http://qgis.org for a great open source GIS
openModeller Desktop Developer
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